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Veridium Six. A slow-acting, cumulative poison. Veridium Six Veta, Admiral. Senior Starfleet officer. In 2373 Admiral Veta was used to kill Klingon High Council leader K'mpec in 2367. attended what would have been the signing ceremony for Bajor's Administered in small doses in K'mpec's favorite wine, the poison entrance into the Federation, held at Deep Space 9. (“Rapture” had no antidote. (“Reunion” [TNG]) [DS9)).

Verillians. Sentient culture. In 2373, some Verillians were inthe Vetar. Cardassian warship, Galor Su age market for sophisticated weapons. They eventually made a class, commanded by Gul Evek, The sae SSE deal with the Metron Consortium. (“Business As Usual” Vetar was present at planet Dorvan V in (DS9)) 2370 during Evek's mission to survey the planet. (“Journey's 3 : End” [TNG]). The Vetar was destroyed in 2371 when Evek's ship vermicula. A food consisting of small _— AN was destroyed in the Badlands. (“Caretaker” [VGR]) wormlike animals, consumed by the hi 1 humanoid inhabitants of planet Antede oa 3 # | Vhnori transference ritual. Ceremony in i . 1. “Manhunt” [TNG]) WIA / which a Vhnori person enters a ceno- [id - taph to end his or her life so that he or a vertazine. Medication used by Federation medical personnel to she can be sent to the Next Emanation [REGEN oo. combat vertigo. ("Cause and Effect” [TNG], “Parallels” [TNG]). through a spectral rupture. Some Vhnori - : came to doubt the validity of the transferverterium cortenide. Densified composite material composed ence ritual after Ensign Harry Kim appeared on their homeworld of polysilicate verterium and monocrystal cortenum. The U.S.S. in 2371, apparently from the Next Emanation. (“Emanations” Voyager's warp coils were made of verterium cortenide [VGR]). “Investigations” [VGRY) Vhnori. Technologically sophisticated humanoid civilization. The verteron mine. Weapon designed by Hekaran scientists Vhnori didn't believe in any kind of spirit in the manner common Serova and Rabal. These devices, which resembled signal to many other humanoid cultures. The Vhnori sent their dead buoys, were programmed to emit a massive verteron pulse through spectral ruptures into the Next Emanation in a cerewhen any ship approached. The pulse would effectively disable mony called a Vhnori transference ritual. They believed that in all the subspace systems of the affected ship. (“Force of the afterlife they would reach a higher consciousness and be Nature” [TNG]) reunited with their dead relatives there, Voyager officer Harry Kim briefly visited the Vhnori homeworld in 2371 by means of a specverteron. Subatomic particle asso- tral rupture, Because the spectral rupture traversed an unknown ciated with subspace phenomena. distance, the actual location of the Vhnori homeworld remained a a — Artificially created verterons allow a mystery; it may have been located in another galaxy, another pa vessel on impulse power to pass time, or even another dimension. (“Emanations” [VGR]). SEE - % through the Bajoran wormhole cenotaph; Ptera; thanatologist , > unharmed. A class on the subject J taught by Keiko O'Brien at her - Vians. Advanced humanoid civiliza school on Deep Space 9 in 2369 _ =X tion of unknown origin. The Vians explained this fact to her students, | + p19 rendered aid to the Minaran star despite Vedek Winn's objections - system in 2268 when the star went that such a lesson might be consid- mn 1 p AS nova. Due to limited resources, the ered blasphemy in the Bajoran reli- (1 JB Fi ( I AW Vians had the ability to save the ingion. (“In the Hands of the Prophets” JAR { HAR habitants of only one of the Minaran [DS9)). Verterons can block sensor W/L L W planets. The Vians therefore conoperation, and were suggested as a ducted an elaborate experiment to determine which planet's possible method for disguising the inhabitants would be saved. The extraordinary self-sacrifice of hulk of the Pegasus from the the Minaran empath, Gem, caused the Vians to choose to save Romulan sensors. (“The Pegasus” [TNG]). Within the Bajoran Gem's people. (“The Empath” [TOS]) wormhole, concentrations of verterons formed verteron-nodes, appearing as spherical objects. They generally have no adverse Vicarian razorback. Animal life-form; a vicious and dangerous effect on a ship passing through the wormhole, but verteron beast. (“The Die is Cast" [DS9)) node radiation caused resonance leakage and rapid expansion of a protouniverse being transported through the wormhole in Vico, S.S. Federation research vessel, Oberth class, registry num2370. (“Playing God" [DS9]). Verterons were detected from the ber NAR-18834. In 2368, the Vico was assigned to explore the micro-wormhole encountered by the Starship Voyager on star- interior of the Black Cluster. Inside the cluster, the Vico encoundate 48579. (“Eye of the Needle” [VGR]). SEE: silithium. The tered severe gravitational wavefronts that were amplified by the Delta Quadrant terminus of the Barzan wormhole disappeared in ~~ Vico's shields, destroying the ship. There — mid-2372, leaving behind a slight subspace instability. Ensign was only one survivor, a young boy named Harry Kim and Lieutenant B'Elanna Torres caused the Barzan Timothy, who was rescued by the pe wormhole to reappear by bombarding the subspace instability Enterprise-D. (“Hero Worship” [TNG]). © with verteron particles. (“False Profits” [VGR]) Because the Vico had an S.S. designation and it did not have an NCC registry prefix, we assume it was Vertiform City. SEE: emergent life-form holodeck sequence. not a Starfleet vessel, even though it was of Federation registry. vertion. Subatomic particle. The only natural source of vertion Victory, H.M.S. Ancient British sailing ship. The H.M.S. Victory particles is white dwarf stars. The emergent life-form aboardthe was Lord Horatio Nelson's (1758-1805) flagship during the Enterprise-D in 2370 used vertion particles to construct a semior- ~~ Battle of Trafalgar, in which he was killed. Geordi La Forge built ganic artificial life-form. Chief Engineer Geordi La Forge was able a large model of the oceangoing vessel as a gift for Starship to create vertions for the emergent life-form by detonating a Victory Captain Zimbata. (“Elementary, Dear Data” [TNG]). Prior modified photon torpedo in the McPherson Nebula to the Borg encounter of 2366-2367, Captain Jean-Luc Picard (“Emergence” [TNG]). drew inspiration from Nelson's courage at Trafalgar. (“The Best of Both Worlds, Part I" [TNG]). Geordi's Victory model still graces the veruul. A Romulan expletive. Riker used this term to counter late Gene Roddenberry's office in the home of his widow, Majel Alidar Jarok's insults to Lieutenant Worf. (“The Defector” [TNG)) Barrett Roddenberry.